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W. J. SCHILLING. Reservoir Muoilage Stand.

Patented Sept. 14,1880.

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WILLIAM J. SGHILLING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE V.

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RESERVOIR MUCILAGEZ-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,211, dated.September 14, 1880.

Application filed August 11, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. SGIIILLING, aresident of the city, county, and State of New York, and a citizen ofthe United States,

have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in ReservoirMucilage-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of vessels or bottles of a specialshape and form designed for use as a receptacle of mucilage and as anornamental article of desk -furniture. Such vessels are designated inand by the trade as fountain or reservoir mucilage-stands, and in theirconstruction is involved the old and well-known so called barometerprinciple, the object sought for being to draw gradually a limitedsupply of mucilage to a particular point, while the main source ofsupply is contained in a large chamber away from evaporating influences,and delivered therefrom only as required for use.

The present invention consists in the provision of a reservoircontaining the main body of mucilage, and a delivery mouth or wellarranged to receive from the main supply-chant her a limited quantity ofmucilage, which is drawn therefrom for consumption by the usual form ofbrush. This delivery-well is so arranged and constructed as to provide ameans 0 of preventing the cork from entering below a fixed point. Thearresting device also serves the additional purpose of assisting theremoval of the cork, as well as a wipe-01f for removing the surplusmueilage from the brush when mucilage is being drawn therefrom for use.The bottom of the main reservoir is also so formed as to cause allsediment that may be deposited from the mucilage to at once move forwardinto the well, from which it is drawn and consumed. Thisdeviceinsuresaclear body of mucilage at all times.

In the drawings, which form an essential part of this specification,Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a fountain mueilage- 45 stand in which my invention is fully embodied. Fig. 2 is a sectionalfront elevation of the same, taken on line a; in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is aside view, in section, showing method of removing the cork.

The same letters of reference marked on the several figures of thedrawings will designate corresponding parts.

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The mucilage'stands heretofore manufac' tured have been composed of areservoir or chamber carrying the main supply and a delivery-well, thetwo being connected together by means of a neck, the whole beingarranged upon an elongated base. Two distinct classes of such deviceshave been produced and are now largely in use, one with a large supplyreservoir or fountain and a delivery-well, both, however, being entirelyseparate and distinct from each other, but connected by means of a longneck or passage, of small diameter, formed in the base of the standwhich supports the reservoir and well, the object of this arrangementbeing to provide a very small quantity of mucilage in the well, and itis intended that the reservoir shall replace the same as used throughthe small connecting-passage. This form is in Morgans mucilage-stand, asshown in patent of July 16, 1867, and it is supposed to. retain, byatmospheric pressure, the main supply of mueilage in the reservoir,which may be entirely full, while in the well there is but little, thelevels found by the fluid being difl'crent in well and reservoir.Objections exist to this form, the small diameter of theconnecting-passage making the delivery of the mucilage to the well amatter of great diiiiculty, there being no means of admitting air to thereservoir in order to equalize the air-pressure, and no fluid can enterthe well until the vessel is turned upon its side to allow air to enter.This is plainly obvious, as well as the fact that the same troubleexists when it is desired to fill the reservoir.

In the second form of vessel a reservoir and delivery-well are alsoused; but they are connected by means of a large neck of the full widthof the well and nearly as high as the reservoir. I have adopted thisform as a part of my combination, confining the major part of myimprovement in the construction of the delivery-well, and to the base ofthe reservoir.

A represents the supply chamber or reservoir, arranged for receiving andholding the main body of mucilage. It is of the form and shape as shownin the drawings, and it may rise above the top of the delivery-mouth, ifso desired.

13 is the delivery-well connected with the chamber A by means of thewide deep neck a. The bottom of the chamber A is formed on other way itis elongated, as in Fig. 2.

an incline, I), for the purpose of causing any sediment deposited fromthe mueilage to move forward into the wellB. Centrally in thedelivery-well B, and projecting upwardly from its bottom a pyramidshaped stan d,d,is formed. Its base 0 is made somewhat smaller in itsentire circumference than the bottom of the well, for the purpose ofpermitting the mucilage to freely flow about it. Its apex f one way iscarried nearly to a point, (see Fig. 1,) but the The apex of this stand(1 forms a stop and seat for the cork I), which, when inserted, willrest thereupon, as shown in Fig. 1. It is plainly apparent that thiswill efi'ectually prevent the cork from being driven into the well byaccident or otherwise.

The mouth of the well B at the base of its bell terminates in a recessedshoulder, h, which is located about one-eighth of an inch above the lineof the apex f of the stand d. This arrangement permits the base of thecork D to swell below the shoulder h when it is pressed down into place,thus effectually preventing any leakages.

When it is desired to remove the cork a gentle pressure of the fingerwill cause it to rock upon its seat on the apexfof the stand (I,loosening it from the grasp of the shoulders h, as shown in Fig. 3, whenit is easily removed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a mucilage-stand, the combination of a supply chamber orreservoir, a deliverin g-well, and a neck for connecting the two, allbeing arranged upon a common base such delivering-well being providedwith a pyramidal or cone shaped stand resting vertically in its center,and arranged to act as a stop for the cork, all substantially as and forthe purposes as herein shown and set forth.

2. The combination of the supply'reservoir A, delivery-well B, providedwith shoulders h, and cone-shaped central stand, (I, and connecting-necka, all arranged and applied as and for the purposes substantially asherein shown and set forth.

3. The combination of the delivery-well B, cone-shaped central stand,d,shoulders h, and cork D, arranged for attachment to the supplyehambersof a fluid-vessel, all substantially as and for the purposes as hereinshown and set forth.

Witnesses: WILLIAM JOSEPH SOIIILLING.

A. L. MUNSON, E. G. WARD.

